{"id":5540,"date":"2020-03-07T15:11:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T14:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/?page_id=5540"},"modified":"2020-03-07T15:26:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T14:26:13","slug":"some-afterthoughts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/some-afterthoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Afterthoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>\nimg {border: 0;}<br \/><\/style><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5552  alignright\" title=\"english\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"42\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Last year we presented 50 films from 20 countries at our 8th African film festival in the Studio cinema on Bernstorffstrasse.<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"283\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_1.png\" alt=\"N_1\" class=\"wp-image-5284\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_1.png 359w, http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_1-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">These new productions, often by <strong>young African directors, denounce social grievances<\/strong>, show a diverse urban life and often give intimate insights into changing family, social and political structures in African societies. It is striking that the films are not superficially political, but <strong>deal with the inner life<\/strong> of their protagonists in a differentiated way. Our program selection appealed to a wide audience more than ever and on several occasions it was regretted that one could not watch all films. The audience was particularly involved in <strong>discussions<\/strong> when <strong>directors of films were presen<\/strong>t at the show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">As always there was finger food and drinks being served at the <strong>festival opening<\/strong>. This year we invited the Senegalese <strong>Kora virtuoso Saliou Cissokho and the Balafon player Mansa Dembele from Burkina Faso<\/strong> for a 40 minute concert in front of the screen of the Studio cinema. <br>The audience in the <strong>sold-out cinema<\/strong> listened intensly to the sounds of this old traditional West African Mandingo music. Without encores, Saliou Cissokho and Mansa Dembele were not allowed to leave the hall. After greeting the guests, the obligatory speech to tune everybody into the mood for the festival and thanks to our sponsors, we showed the opening film SUBIRA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_2.png\" alt=\"N_2\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_3.png\" alt=\"N_3\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This year, the focus lay on films that show <strong>young, strong women<\/strong> who are no longer satisfied with their traditional roles and who revolt openly against old role models. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The film<strong> SUBIRA<\/strong> by <strong>Kenyan director Rauneet Sippy Chadha<\/strong> who was present at the opening stands programmatically for this fight. A young woman from Lamu Island is fighting to learn to swim &#8211; an outrageous wish in Muslim society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_4.png\" alt=\"N_4\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Hans-J\u00f6rg Heinrich, Sippy Chada, Sahiba Chada<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In the discussion that followed, it became clear that Chadha, as an African filmmaker, has to take into account the domestic audience in developing the plot and to build on the status of society\u2019s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In African countries her film was viewed very differently from Europe. Her film has been awarded numerous prizes so far. The film <strong>KHARTOUM OFFSIDE by Marwa Zein from Sudan<\/strong> shows a group of young women who are fighting to be allowed to play football, even though this contradicts the moral standards of their conservative Muslim society and families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_5.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_5.png\" alt=\"N_5\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Eiman Seifeldin und Hans-J\u00f6rg Heinrich <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We invited the <strong>Sudanese activist Eiman Seifeldin<\/strong>, who fights human rights violations in Sudan. In moving words, she described the tense political situation in Sudan and the tough struggle of many women for social equality and participation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In ihrem rasant gedrehten Road-Movie <strong>FLATLAND<\/strong> erz\u00e4hlt die s\u00fcdafrikanischen Regisseurin Jenna Bass anhand des Schicksals dreier junger Frauen von weiblicher Selbstbestimmung unter den gesellschaftlichen Machtverh\u00e4ltnissen in S\u00fcdafrika. Irgendwo zwischen Polizeithriller,<br>Emanzipationsgeschichte und Gesellschaftsdrama beerdigt sie dabei ein weiteres Mal den Mythos von der s\u00fcdafrikanischen \u201eRainbow Nation\u201c. Die zu diesem Film eingeladene <strong>Hauptdarstellerin Nicole Fortuin<\/strong> hatte leider kein Visum erhalten, konnte aber per Videobotschaft ihre Verbundenheit mit unserem Festival zum Ausdruck bringen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_6.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_6.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Nicole Fortuin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">With <strong>DHALINYARO (JEUNESSE)<\/strong> we showed a film from <strong>Djibouti<\/strong> for the first time. <strong>Lula Ali Ismail<\/strong> is the first director to ever make a film there.<br>It tells the story of a close friendship between three self-confident young women who are trying to realise their dreams for the future. The director gave the audience fascinating insights into modern life in this small state in Eastern Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Many African countries are still dominated by<strong> fundamentalist struggles<\/strong>. We presented several films about this issue.<br>In <strong>FATWA Tunisian director Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud<\/strong> tells the story of a young man who had joined a radical Islamist group and was killed in a car accident. At first sight seeming to be a criminal case his father by and by finds that there is more behind his death and is increasingly targeted by Islamists.<br>Against the backdrop of violent demonstrations for an Islamist state the creative and radically staged <strong>Moroccan film RAZZIA by Nabil Ayouch<\/strong> portraits five very different people all desperately striving for change, self-determination and freedom.<br>In the short film <strong>BROTHERHOOD, Tunisian director Meryam Joobeur<\/strong> tells of a young IS fighter who returns to his family from Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The film <strong>SANKARA N\u2019EST PAS MORT by young director\nLucie Viver<\/strong> was a hit with the public. It pays homage to Thomas Sankara,\nthe charismatic and later murdered president of Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Viver accompanies the young poet Bikontine on a journey through the country in his search for identity and future. There he meets a wide variety of people, gets to know their different living conditions and learns about their dreams and disappointments. The film paints a complex picture of Burkina Faso&#8217;s people, whose future is uncertain. In the discussion after the show, Lucie Viver explained how, on several trips, she first traveled the country without a camera, did extensive research and got to know the <strong>poet Bikontine<\/strong>, who agreed to act as the <strong>protagonist<\/strong> of the film. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_7.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_7.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Burkhard Leber and Lucie Viver<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In the <strong>tradition of African storytelling<\/strong>, we showed two different films from Burkina Faso and Nigeria. In their road movie <strong>DUGA LES CHAROGNARDS, the directors Abdoulaye Dao and Herv\u00e9 E. R. Lengani from Burkina Faso<\/strong> deal with the religions present in West Africa. Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical and animistic cemetery keepers successively refuse to bury a deceased. The film is peppered with many swipes on traditional and religious leaders, on bureaucracy and corrupt police, selfishness and greed for <strong>money. For us Westerners, the satiric tragicomedy gives rather<\/strong> unusual insights into a <strong>foreign culture<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5291\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_8.png 612w, http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_8-300x130.png 300w, http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_8-500x217.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_8.png\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">S\u00e9bastien Martineau and Abdoulaye Dao &nbsp;&nbsp; | &nbsp; &nbsp; Filmstill<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In the subsequent discussion, <strong>Abdoulaye Dao<\/strong>, who was present, explained to us that many popular television series in West Africa package their criticism of social, political and religious conflicts in a humorous way in often bizarre stories. The film <strong>Duga &#8211; the vulture<\/strong> &#8211; takes up this <strong>popular narrative art<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The first film <strong>Kassala by the young Nigerian filmmaker Ema Edosio<\/strong> is completely different. The comedic film takes place in original locations in the slums of Lagos and thus stands out from the usual Nollywood productions.<br>Edosio tells a tragic story that many young people in today&#8217;s Nigeria can identify with, because their reality also seems hopeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_9.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_9.png\" alt=\"N_9\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Ema Edosio and Hans-J\u00f6rg Heinrich<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In the discussion after the film, Ema Edosio enthusiastically explained her intentions in making the film. She deliberately chose the four loud, rough, often intrusive and silly characters because they <strong>reflect the reality of the urban youth<\/strong>. Only the loudest and most brutal prevails. Poverty and lack of money are prevalent, and a little misfortune can cause great personal tragedy. However, everything is played in a comedic manner, because the Nigerian audience expects this. Edosio, however, never leads the action of her protagonists to the absurd, but keeps it close to reality. The Hamburg audience thanked the director for her explaining the cultural background. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">An extraordinary film of just another kind is the debut film <strong>THE BURIAL OF KOJO by the Ghanaian musician Blitz the Ambassador<\/strong>. In it, cinema viewers are immersed in the magical world of a little girl. In search of her father<strong>, images of fantasy and reality mix with worlds that exist<\/strong> between life and death. Many of the symbolic images still have to be decrypted. The film music composed by the musician himself contributed a lot to the often magical mood of the film.<br>Unfortunately, the director could not be present. He could have helped in the interpretation. So the audience left the film thoughtful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"321\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5292\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_10.png 571w, http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_10-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_10-500x281.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">As every year, we showed a film in <strong>collaboration with Amnesty International<\/strong>. This time we presented the <strong>Sudanese film TALKING ABOUT TREES<\/strong>. Four old veterans of Sudanese filmmaking indulge in memories of their \u201cSudanese Film Club\u201d. In the totalitarian Islamic country of the 90s however, it was considered dangerous to show films and cinemas were closed.<br>Now we are learn from the media that the first outdoor film screenings have recently taken place in Khartoum.<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_10.png\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Committed and knowledgeable, <strong>Thomas Grand<\/strong>, the director of the film <strong>Poisson d\u2019or, poisson Africain &#8211; Golden Fish, African Fish<\/strong>, responded to questions from the audience. With beautiful pictures he and <strong>co-director Moussa Diop<\/strong> showed in their impressive documentary film an <strong>ecological and economic drama<\/strong> in the small port town of<strong> Kafountine<\/strong> on the Atlantic coast of Casamance \/ South Senegal. Fishing and the manufacturing industry are threatened by overfishing by large trawlers off the coast, by increasingly scarce firewood and a newly built Chinese fish meal factory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_11.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_11.png\" alt=\"N_11\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">D\u00f6rte Staehler and Thomas Grand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The <strong>Nest Collective from Nairobi<\/strong> presented a series of eight short films under the ironic title <strong>We Need Prayers<\/strong>. They tell everyday stories that every Kenyan is only too familiar with, wonderfully observed and staged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The term <strong>Afrofuturism<\/strong> appears again and again in the African art scene. Many artists in Africa and in the diaspora deal with science fiction films and virtual realities on topics of the future, of visions and utopias. With the help of a series of&nbsp; short film and the enormous <strong>Black Panther by Ryan Coogler<\/strong>, we wanted to investigate into this term in a discussion with experts after the film.<br>For this, the audience poured into the hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_12.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_12.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_13.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_13.png\" alt=\"N_13\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We could win <strong>producer and director Jean-Alexander Ntivyihabwa<\/strong>, who lives in Hamburg, for a follow-up discussion. In summer he co-directed the film &#8220;Africa Rising&#8221; for Arte, which started with an appreciation of the film <strong>Black Panther<\/strong>. Ntivyihabwa pointed out that in Black Panther African <strong>traditions and mythologies are combined with the most modern technological elements<\/strong> in order <strong>to create postcolonial identity<\/strong> which is detached from the West and is located in an <strong>Afrocentric future<\/strong>. In contrast to previous science fiction films, all the heroes of the film and the director are of African origin. This was celebrated in African communities worldwide. The audience thanked Mr. Ntivyihabwa for the insightful classification with great applause. The mostly young viewers were equally fascinated by the short films shown the day before produced by <strong>young mostly Kenyan directors<\/strong> on the subject of <strong>Afro-Futurism<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This year the <strong>music films<\/strong> came from <strong>Cuba (BAKOS\u00d3)<\/strong> and from <strong>Berlin (AFRO X BEATS X BERLIN<\/strong>).\nAfrobeat takes center stage in both productions. The predominantly young\naudience was enthusiastic about the fresh music. In the Cuban film, young DJ\nJig\u00fce travels 900 km from Havana to Santiago, where he encounters an even\ngreater awareness of the African musical heritage of the Cubans.\n\nThe director of the other film, <strong>David Yaw Debrah from Berlin<\/strong>, had come to join the festival and led\nan intensive conversation about the developing \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5297\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_14.png 593w, http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_14-300x84.png 300w, http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_14-500x140.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_14.png\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Filmstill Bakos\u00f3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David Yaw Debrah<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A special event this year was the <strong>screening of virtual reality (VR) films from Kenya, Senegal and Ghan<\/strong>a in the <strong>public library<\/strong> near Hamburg\u2019s central station. The films presented the diverse and constantly changing cultural landscape of today&#8217;s Africa.<br>A crowd of visitors filled the libary\u2019s event hall for the official opening. <strong>Kora player Samba N\u2019Diaye from Senegal<\/strong> enchanted the public with his music. Since our invited African guests had to unfortunately cancel at short notice, <strong>Hans-J\u00f6rg Heinrich from AUGEN BLICKE AFRIKA e.V<\/strong>. gave a small <strong>introduction<\/strong> to the intent and topic of the films <strong>&#8220;African Futures&#8221;.<\/strong><br>There were <strong>six VR headsets<\/strong> provided for the guests to watch the films with lengths of about seven to ten minutes. Curiosity followed by fascination and enthusiasm were the most imminent reactions to the new viewing experience.<br><strong>By way of the interest in modern technology interest in Africa was created and vice versa<\/strong>. The interest in African films introduced viewers to the VR technology. Thus a two way effect was created. For the next two days, headsets were in use all the time. A great success for us and a <strong>great experience for the audience.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_15.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_15.png\" alt=\"N_15\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Samba N&#8217;Diaye<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_16.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_16.png\" alt=\"N_16\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_17.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_17.png\" alt=\"N_17\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">At 10 p.m. on the last Saturday of the festival, our <strong>closing party in the MUT theater<\/strong> started with African dance music from classics to Afrobeat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_18.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_18.png\" alt=\"N_18\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The presence of the <strong>African directors<\/strong> gave <strong>the opportunity of personal encounters<\/strong>, intensive exchange and <strong>city tours <\/strong>with our guests. This resulted in <strong>counter-invitations<\/strong> and the assertion of further good cooperation. Even two new fans of Sankt Pauli\u2019s football club were born. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_19.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_19.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">AUGEN BLICKE AFRIKA nach der Er\u00f6ffnung<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_20.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_20.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Lucie Viver&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thomas Grand Abdou&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hans, Thomas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_21.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_21.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">an den Landungsbr\u00fccken: Ema, Hans-J\u00f6rg, Thomas, Rolf<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_22.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_22.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Sippy Chada in \u00d6velg\u00f6nne&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thomas, Abdou, Hans, Rolf<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_23.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_23.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Nachbesprechung in der Kneipe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In September we very happily received an <strong>award for outstanding projects of non-profit organizations from the North German Foundation for Environment and Development (NUE)<\/strong>. We are very happy about this recognition of more than eight years of voluntary work for the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_24.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augen-blicke-afrika.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/N_24.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">F\u00fcr den Verein die Gr\u00fcndungsmitglieder Burkhard Leber, Ingrid Wernich<br>und Hans-J\u00f6rg Heinrich<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We would like to end this <strong>review<\/strong> with a thank you <strong>letter by\u00a0 Ilsemargret Luttemann, a lecturer at the University of L\u00fcneburg<\/strong>, who visits our film festival every year with a class of students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br><em>The wonderful filmfestival AugenBlicke in Hamburg (the 8th edition!!!) has<\/em><br><em>closed its curtains yesterday evening and I got so sad but I have to admit that<\/em><br><em>I need now some time to step back and think about all the wonderful films that<\/em><br><em>I have seen. What a diversity in styles and genres, we met quite a number of<\/em><br><em>different film directors and other people who commented on the films or the<\/em><br><em>political situation of the country from which the films originated. I want to<\/em><br><em>express my deepest gratitude and admiration for the professional work that<\/em><br><em>the team of organizers has invested to make the festival such a success and<\/em><br><em>point of attraction. It gets more and more visitors each year because the<\/em><br><em>quality of the films and the presentation, the warm welcome to the spectators<\/em><br><em>transform it into a reliable and good product. It gives us informations on Africa<\/em><br><em>or certain topis, it provides us with new insights. Thank you so much to Indrid<\/em><br><em>Wernich, Hans-J\u00f6rg Heinrich, Burkhard Leber, Rolf Denkewitz und Astrid<\/em><br><em>K\u00fchl. We are waiting impatiently for the next festival to come!!!<\/em><br><em>I give a price to my favourite doumentary &#8220;Sankara n&#8217;est pas mort&#8221; (Sankara<\/em><br><em>is not dead) from Lucie Viver, another price goes to &#8220;The burial of Kodjo&#8221; from<\/em><br><em>Blitz Bazawule together with &#8220;La mis\u00e9ricorde du jungle&#8221; (The mercy of the<\/em><br><em>jungle) by Joel Karekezy. Hopefully they all make it to the movies!<\/em><br>Ilsemargret Luttemann<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year we presented 50 films from 20 countries at our 8th African film festival in the Studio cinema on Bernstorffstrasse. 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